About this bot
Hype Machine is a crawler associated with Hype Machine and used for music content discovery.
The primary identifying User-Agent token is Hype Machine. Representative HTTP request identity: Hype Machine/4.0 hypem.com (anthony@hypem.com).
Directory status: Active. Identity classification: Verified with High confidence. Identity type: verified bot.
robots.txt behavior is currently unconfirmed; do not assume robots.txt alone will control this traffic.
Common use: monitoring music publications and blogs for posts about new artists and using the resulting metadata to build playlists.
Risk classification: Safe. Recommended handling is to evaluate the request context before allowing, rate-limiting, or blocking.
How to identify this bot
- User-agent and crawler identifiers
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Hype MachineHype Machine/4.0 hypem.com (anthony@hypem.com)
Details
- Kind
- Crawler
- Family
- Hype Machine
- Purpose
- Music content discovery
- Common Use
- monitoring music publications and blogs for posts about new artists and using the resulting metadata to build playlists
- Respects robots.txt
- Unknown
Verification
- Identity Type
- Verified bot
- Evidence Method
- Match the verified Hype Machine request identity and corroborate network/request context for higher-assurance trust decisions.
- Detection Notes
- Match the documented `Hype Machine/4.0 hypem.com (anthony@hypem.com)` request identity; corroborate source if authentication matters.
Website controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
# robots.txt behavior is unconfirmed. Use server-side controls if restriction is required.